Washington, D.C.
Weir v. U.S.
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Weir v. U.S.
Human Rights
Status: Ongoing
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit in June 2019 against the United States and the head of the U.S. Coast Guard on behalf of four Jamaican fishermen, who were forcibly removed from their fishing boat and detained for over a month at sea on four U.S. Coast Guard ships in patently inhumane conditions.
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7 Washington, D.C. Cases
Washington, D.C.
Jun 2020
J.B.B.C. v. Wolf
The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Oxfam filed the nation’s first legal challenge to the Trump administration’s order restricting immigration at the border based on an unprecedented and unlawful invocation of the Public Health Service Act, located in Title 42 of the U.S. Code.
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Washington, D.C.
Immigrants' Rights
J.B.B.C. v. Wolf
The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Oxfam filed the nation’s first legal challenge to the Trump administration’s order restricting immigration at the border based on an unprecedented and unlawful invocation of the Public Health Service Act, located in Title 42 of the U.S. Code.
Jun 2020
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Washington, D.C.
Aug 2017
ACLU et al. v. WMATA – First Amendment Challenge to D.C. Metro’s Advertising Restrictions
The ACLU and its affiliates in the District of Columbia and Virginia challenged the Washington area transit system’s advertising restrictions as violations of the First Amendment. The free speech lawsuit follows the rejection of ads from four groups that hail from across the political spectrum.
Status: Ongoing
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Washington, D.C.
Free Speech
ACLU et al. v. WMATA – First Amendment Challenge to D.C. Metro’s Advertising Restrictions
The ACLU and its affiliates in the District of Columbia and Virginia challenged the Washington area transit system’s advertising restrictions as violations of the First Amendment. The free speech lawsuit follows the rejection of ads from four groups that hail from across the political spectrum.
Aug 2017
Status: Ongoing
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